RED BLUFF — Austin Youngblood, a 2017 graduate of Red Bluff High School, has been selected to play for the University of Utah baseball team in Salt Lake City.

Youngblood has spent the last two years playing for Feather River College in Quincy, where he was awarded Golden Valley All Conference Honors both years. He will be joining the Utes as an outfielder this season.

As a sophomore at Feather River, Youngblood led the league in batting average (.392), runs (53) and stolen bases (24) and was second in hits (58).

“Austin has been playing baseball since a very early age,” said his mother, Jennifer Bickley. “His one dream as he grew up was to play for a D1 team. That dream is now a reality with the University of Utah being not only a D1 team but a part of the Pac-12 as well.”

Youngblood was a standout player for Red Bluff, hitting .408 with 18 RBI in his senior season and .316 with 18 RBI as a junior. He was named All League in his senior year.

In 2011, Youngblood was a member of the Red Bluff Little League All Stars team that came within three outs of advancing to the Little League World Series.

Youngblood will look to help the Utes bounce back after two sub-.500 seasons in 2017-18 and 2018-19.